Lily: Poems

1.2k · Jul 2018

Please call me later

Lily Jul 2018

Please call me later

Whenever you say
Goodbye, I tear up and wait
For your next reply.

#call #phone #love #longdistancerelationship #relationship #boyfriend #haiku #goodbye #tears #anxiety

1.2k · Mar 2018

The Lady in Black

Lily Mar 2018

The Lady in Black

Conversations overlapping.
Suitcase wheels rolling.
Babies sobbing.
Mothers calling.
Headphones blaring.
People scurrying.
PA system whispering.
Starbucks bustling.
Airplanes taking off and landing.
And in the middle of everything,
The lady in black.
Sitting motionless, hands grasping her
Black umbrella, her sleek black dress
Accentuating her young body,
And whilst a black veil covers her face,
Her tears shine through, reflecting
From the bright lights of the airport.
When you look closer,
Her slim body trembles with concealed sobs,
And her calm facade is broken
With closer inspection,
Broken inside from something undetectable from the outside.
The lady in black.
We have all been her.

#airport #travelling #lady #black #planes #starbucks #emotions #crying

1.2k · Sep 2020

cleave

Lily Sep 2020

cleave

Waves cleave the cliffs
The birds ride the wind
The night fills the soul
I cleave to you

The sand polishes the toes
***** tango in the sand
Stars perform ballet in the black
The fire sparks against the stillness

Waves cleave the cliffs
The birds ride the wind
The night fills the soul
I cleave to you

another product of my English class

#love #heartbreak #you #him #ocean #night #ballet #dance #waves #beach

1.1k · May 2018

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Lily May 2018

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

So many people talk about the
Light at the end of the tunnel.
But they don’t talk about
What comes after that.
They don’t talk about how
The light blinds you when you get too close,
How it completely swallows you, and
How you’re left confused and bewildered afterwards.
No one tells you that change can hurt you,
Internally- the worst way-
Turning your whole world upside down.
No one talks about how the
Light at the end of the tunnel can also be
The light of an oncoming train.

#light #tunnel #change #emotions #train #tracks #world #blinding #confused #hurt

1.1k · Aug 2018

Soccer

Lily Aug 2018

Soccer

If I got seriously injured during
A soccer game and
Started crying,
It would not be because of the
Pain of the injury.
It would be because I was worried
I couldn't keep playing.

I love soccer so much.

#soccer #sports #game #injury #pain #worry #play #cry #love #passion

1.1k · Feb 2019

The band bus

Lily Feb 2019

The band bus

Stinky, crowded, sweltering
Dedication
Laughing uproariously
Bouncing up with every Michigan pothole
Falling down into the laps of our friends
Riding to yet another competition
Frantically checking to see if we have gloves and gauntlets
The band bus

#love #relationship #band #bus #bandbus #competition #trumpet #marchingband #highschool #memories

1.1k · Sep 2018

When the Final Bell Rings

Lily Sep 2018

When the Final Bell Rings

I don’t think some of you know
How much you mean to me.
Every time the bell rings, and
I see you coming out of your class,
Reliable, every day,
Calming me and reassuring me that
No matter what is happening,
The world is still moving.
Every time you smile at me in class,
Even though we don’t really talk,
It brightens my day and
Makes me realize that maybe
Mankind isn’t so bad after all.
Every time we share a laugh,
A football game, a tough test,
A change in the school,
I grow closer to each and every one of you,
Even though you don’t realize it.
But when that final bell rings,
Will you be there?
Will you be with me past final exams,
Graduation,
After the final bell?
Because you will know who your real friends are
When the final bell rings.

#bell #class #highschool #change #relationships #love #meaning #school #final #graduation

1.1k · Sep 2019

Reasons to Stay Alive Pt. 2

Lily Sep 2019

Reasons to Stay Alive Pt. 2

Rainbows that appear out of nowhere
Cozy sweatshirts
Hot chocolate on a cold winter night
Musicals so good they give you chills
Movie marathons
Books that make you cry, make you feel
“I miss you” texts
Laughing so hard you can’t breathe
Pens that are full of ink
The smell of pancakes
A baby’s grin when you pinch it’s cheeks
Teachers who make their class enjoyable
Inside jokes that you laugh about for years afterward
Smiles from that specific person
Butterflies that land on your finger
A cat’s purr
When a piece of music you’re rehearsing finally sounds perfect
Hairties that don’t break
That perfect gift from that specific person
Receiving a letter
The smell of Christmas trees
Long, meaningful hugs
That happy baby sound
Creating memories with friends
The leaps and twists of talented dancers
Realizing you are early to the meeting
Your favorite TV shows
Adorable baby clothes
When you finally find a pair of jeans that fit
The relief of jumping into the cool lake on a blistering day
The smell of a new box of Crayolas
Feeling inspired
Writing poetry

feel free to put your own additions in the comments! :) For anyone going through a rough time; you are loved, and you will get through it. Stay strong <3

#love #happiness #alive #reasons #happy #meaning #depression #relationship #him #smile

1.1k · Feb 2020

Green Crayons

Lily Feb 2020

Green Crayons

Toddlers can put green crayons in the freezer without
Anybody questioning them and I
Have a problem with that.
I have a problem with the fact that toddlers can put
Green crayons in the freezer and tell their parents that they are
Preserving
The Earth and that they’ve been learning about
Animal adaptations and conjunctions in school
And that they
Love
Their friends.
I have a problem with the fact that a
Toddler’s idea of
Beauty
Is a butterfly landing on their finger during
Recess, a snowflake on their tongue, the
Grogginess of  staying up past 8:30,
****** snacks, Dora the Explorer,
The satisfaction of scraping the
First chunk out of a tub of butter, the
Giddiness and fear at your first sleepover,
The one where you had to timidly shake your
Friend awake in the middle of the night because you could
Not for the
Life of you find the bathroom.
I’m not ashamed to admit that
I haven’t said I love you in a time that
Lingers like the smell of burning.
It’s always love you or love ya and I’ve
Forgotten what it feels like for those words to
Caress my lips, to guide my heart
Out of its cage into the
Stale air.
I want to be considering beauty like a
Toddler.  I want to be watching Dora and
Learning about conjunctions, but instead I’m
Crying because I can’t fit into my jeans right and I
Don’t know how to do makeup.  I want to say
I love you and let it
Ring in the air like
Frozen music
But I can’t
Because you’re
States away and instead I brush my hair
So many times for people who don’t even like me that
There’s no personality left.
I have a problem with the fact that you
Moved on so quickly and left me with the
Loves me not flower petal and that
Dora the Explorer is not on Netflix
Anymore and the price of Happy Meals goes
Up everyday like the age of my
Heart
And that
Toddlers can put green crayons in the freezer without
Anybody questioning them and say that
They
Are preserving the Earth.

This is an imitation of Bob Hicok's poem "Whither Thou Goest" that I did in my poetry class. As always, please leave your thoughts! :) <3

#love #crush #relationship #sadness #depression #him #green #kids #happiness #regret

1.1k · Dec 2018

Another Christmas Poem

Lily Dec 2018

Another Christmas Poem

I know you’ve seen many Christmas poems today,
And will in the days to come,
But mine will be different, I pray.

Amidst all of the gifts and presents,
Among the crowds of relatives and good food,
We cannot forget who is always in our presence.

God the Father and God the Son,
And God the Spirit, are present;
The Trinity, three in one.

Although the presents are fun,
And you realize your crazy uncle is actually kind of cool,
We have to leave time to remember the birth of God’s Son.

If not for him, we wouldn’t be here;
Without his birth in lowly Bethlehem,
All of the gifts and happiness would disappear.

So praise God this day
That God arranged the ****** birth;
Praise God every day
That He sent His son to Earth.

Merry Christmas to all! May God bless your festivities! <3

#christmas #merrychristmas #god #trinity #savior #faith #bethlehem #reasonfortheseason #love

1.0k · Mar 2018

Rapunzel

Lily Mar 2018

Rapunzel

I am Rapunzel,
Up in her tower,
Alienated from the rest
Of the world,
Separated by an invisible line
That I can't cross.
Between the window and the ground,
There lies a barrier,
That even the most charming
Prince can't bridge.
The effort to join the rest
Of the world is too much,
My hair is too short to
Reach the ground, to reach reality.
But aren't I in a
Fantasy world to
Begin with?

#rapunzel #tangled #princess #tower #fantasy #princecharming #prince

1.0k · Jan 2019

Hurt

Lily Jan 2019

Hurt

The things he said hurt her terribly,
His words cut like knives,
But she wasn't allowed to scream
Because then people would see what was happening,
And they would know how terrible he was.
No punches were thrown, no slaps were
Necessary to bruise her heart.
Now with every beat her heart grows weaker.
Her mind weakens with it thinking,
“What if he says it again, what if he hurts me again?
What if it turns physical?”
She doesn't trust him, doesn't love him
The same way she used to.
Her heart is damaged, and his words now have
Done too much damage for him to fix it.
So she must find another, one who has
The capability of fixing her heart without hurting it more, someone with the true skills of a surgeon.
She finds him, and grows to love him,
This one who has mended and enhanced her heart
In ways she cannot explain, but
She is not destined to be with him,
As her lover drags her back to the
Dark recesses of her mind where
She grows to hate herself because of his hurtful words.
She prays that one day that
She will have the courage to break out of the cycle
And keep her heart intact and whole;
The way it was supposed to be.

A thought to all of those caught in an abusive relationship; you don't deserve this, and things will get better, but sometimes it's hard to find the courage to let go. I believe in you <3

#hurt #relationship #love #crush #abusiverelationship #abusive #abuse #hate #bruise #courage

1.0k · Feb 2019

Chasing the Moon

Lily Feb 2019

Chasing the Moon

“Mommy, why is the moon running away from us?”

A sigh from the front seat,
The wheels bouncing on the Michigan potholes.

“Honey, it’s not running away, it just appears to move with us.”

A moment of silence, except for the soft hum of the engine.

“But why, Mommy?”

A slight groan from the front seat as a speeding car passes.

“I don’t know, our eyes are just messed up, I guess.”

Bouncing pigtails from the toddler car seat, humming her song.

“Mommy, are we almost there?  I’m scared that the moon will catch up with us.”

“I thought we were chasing the moon.”

“But now it looks like it’s chasing us.”

Trembling hands grip the steering wheel tighter, knuckles white.

“I’m excited to see Daddy.  Are you, Mommy?”

“Don’t call him that.”

Her voice was dangerously low, almost the same pitch as the hum of the road.

More pigtail bouncing.

“But he is my dad, right?”

Pursed lips and clenched teeth.

“Yes.  Just try to be nice.”

“Are you talking to yourself, Mommy?”

Attention taken from the road, eyes wandering up to the moon.

“Mommy, why are we running away from the moon again?”

A sigh from the front seat,
The wheels bouncing on the Michigan potholes.

“I don’t know, we’re all just messed up, I guess.”

#love #relationship #marriage #divorce #moon #mother #daughter #father #family #heartbreak

1.0k · Jun 2018

It's Okay

Lily Jun 2018

It's Okay

It’s okay.
It’s okay that you constantly
Ignore me, never text me,
Purposely refuse to answer my phone calls.
It’s okay that I spend my nights in tears,
Trying to fathom your motives,
Never finding solace in sleep.
It’s okay that you never listen to me
When I speak, that you always
Cancel our plans,
That you don’t seem to care about me
Anymore.
It’s okay.
I guess I was never good enough.

#okay #text #phone #sleep #night #care #depression #anxiety #rejection #tears

1.0k · Apr 2019

illness in love

Lily Apr 2019

illness in love

Illness
   And tragedy
      Have no words, and
         In love
            A sufferer
               R
                  u
                     n
                        s  dry.
                          Yet to others,
                   His pain,
          So crushing,
Is laughable.

#love #crush #relationship #him #lover #illness #sick #pain #suffer #tragedy

998 · Sep 2019

New Beginnings (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 7)

Lily Sep 2019

New Beginnings (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 7)

Bring the buried flower,
Bring the burned out candle.
Bring the closed notebook,
Bring the ended hour.
Dig up the flower,
Strike the match,
Open the notebook,
Begin a new hour.
Bring the writing you’re afraid of
And regenerate it, and
Make it speak.
Scatter your poems left and right,
Because the world can’t wait to hear
Your words.

Inspired by Robert Frost’s "To the Thawing Wind"

#love #writing #write #poet #poetry #author #writersblock #notebook #read #frostythoughts

996 · Jun 2018

In the Sand

Lily Jun 2018

In the Sand

In the sand,
We met each other,
And names exchanged between friends
Turned into faces with personalities,
Characteristics, and ambitions.
In the sand,
We played together,
Building homes out of sand,
Pouring our heart and soul
Into the project,
And each other.
In the sand,
We walked together,
Side by side, hand in hand.
Bright sunsets become a backdrop to
Meaningful talks, important words,
And shared smiles.
In the sand,
We partied together,
The firepit blazing under the stars,
Music blaring and friends dancing,
Their forms basking in the fire’s glow.
In the sand,
We argued,
And harsh words were hurled,
Not unlike the terrible stinging sensation
Sand creates when trapped in your eye.
In the sand,
We parted ways,
Under the same sunset backdrop,
And I watched your footprints
Fade away.
In the sand,
I lay there lonely,
Babies crying and mothers yelling
All around me, with me trying to
Fathom the reasons why you left me.
In the sand,
Like a loyal leatherback sea turtle,
We came back to our beach, and
With tears in your eyes and
Sand in your hair, you apologized.
In the sand,
You apologized for your selfishness,
The way you jumped to conclusions,
And you confessed that you had never,
Ever forgotten me and our beach.
A year later, in the sand,
You went down on one knee,
And after saying yes, I thanked God above
That I had fallen in love with you
In the sand.

#sand #beach #turtle #love #relationship #sunset #friends #god #tears #footprints

973 · Jul 2018

The Monarch's Wings

Lily Jul 2018

The Monarch's Wings

As I took a walk outside,
I noticed something that caught my eye.
Twisted in the grass, ingrained with dirt,
What I saw made my heart hurt.

Monarch's wings I had found,
Which gave me feelings so profound.
An intense sadness, helplessness, fear,
Overcame me as I beheld these artifacts dear.

In death or life, they must have been torn,
These beautiful wings that the creature bore.
I picked them up and held them close,
These wings that symbolized what I feared the most-

Losing myself, my biggest part,
The part of my soul that is dearest to my heart.
And what for my memories, good and bad?
What if I couldn't remember anything; wouldn't that be sad?

The monarch's wings sit still on my dresser,
A reminder of my constant stressor,
Yet also comforting me just the same,
As I pass through each day, feeling slightly more brave.

#monarch #wings #butterfly #fear #love #memories #nature #sad #soul #brave

968 · Jul 2019

July Nights (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 1)

Lily Jul 2019

July Nights (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 1)

Many a summer ago,
I dwelt with aching heart
Far apart
On that forgotten road
I hear
The small, dim, summer star
Tireless, but slow and sad
But among them all
She’s the only one that
Sings.

I've been reading some of Robert Frost's poetry lately, and it's just so beautiful, I decided to start a series based on this inspiration, called "'Frost'y Thoughts". :) This one started out as a black out poem and is based on Frost's "Ghost House". Please let me know what you think!

#love #beautiful #home #summer #july #night #stars #dark #frostythoughts

967 · Jun 2018

Storm

Lily Jun 2018

Storm

You have to go through the storm
Before you can see the rainbow.
Please stay and experience the rainbow with me.
Don't ever let anyone make you think
That you can't make it through the storm.

#storm #rain #depression #suicide #rainbow #thunderstorm #stay #experience #doubt #anxiety

948 · Sep 2018

Pointless Passions?

Lily Sep 2018

Pointless Passions?

Yes, math is important.
No, I’m not denying that.
Yet, you, my teacher,
My instructor, guide, mentor
Do not need to act this way.
You say that if I can’t do this math,
I will never be successful in any career.
You said that if I can’t understand
Something as “simple” as this,
I will never make it in the real world.
Don’t deny that you said those words,
Because the whole class heard you.
What about my English, my writing,
The things I will never, in a million years,
Work with math for?
Are you telling me I’m going to fail in that?
It’s just an B- in your class, it’s not
The end of the world.
Maybe I don’t learn the way you’re teaching,
Maybe I need to do things differently,
Maybe I’m struggling with things at home.
Maybe I could say that your math is as
Pointless as you say my writing is.

I do not mean to offend anybody, I'm just frustrated.

#pointless #passion #math #english #reading #language #writing #school #highschool #teacher

942 · Sep 2020

art

Lily Sep 2020

art

Perfectly curled caramel hair
Cascades down her shoulders,
Bouncing in time with the music.
He can’t help but savor every
Fragment of her movement as he
Traces the camera around her frame,
Capturing the dance.
She’s an actress in every sense of the term,
Her eyes sad yet powerful,
Her body hurting yet beautiful.
The music ends and she stops, breathless,
Her hair that has fallen in front of her face
Flowing up and down as she catches her breath.
“Did you get it?”
She asks him,
And suddenly he’s back to himself,
Back from the world her dance took him to.
“Definitely,” he says, and when
Her dimples break her face open,
The camera is still rolling,
For he doesn’t want to miss a second of her beauty.
She isn’t just poetry.
She is art.

poetry girl pt. 5

#girl #boy #dance #art #poetry #camera #film #beautiful #relationship #love

942 · Sep 2019

laughter through tears

Lily Sep 2019

laughter through tears

4 am, tight hugs
whispered words, hand on cheek, and
your smile means all

#love #crush #relationship #him #heartbreak #regret #loss #haiku #tears #laughter

942 · Sep 2018

Whispers (7W)

Lily Sep 2018

Whispers (7W)

The whispers
behind his back
killed him.

I'm sorry I haven't been posting recently; there was a tornado touchdown in my area, a lot of damage has been done to my town, and I haven't had power for a couple of days. I hope you are all well!

#whispers #sevenword #**** #teenager #depression #bullying #selfharm #back #help #anxiety

940 · May 2018

Zero

Lily May 2018

Zero

Dividing zero
By any number will still
Leave you with zero.

If you have no love
To begin with, nothing can
Force it to appear.

Dividing zero
By any number will still
Leave you with zero.

#zero #numbers #math #relationship #love #heartbreak #haiku #depression #pressure

938 · Mar 2018

Unshed Tears and Unsaid Words

Lily Mar 2018

Unshed Tears and Unsaid Words

My eyes are flooded with tears unshed,
My mouth overflowing with words unsaid.
Words of happiness and tears of sorrow,
Are threatening my vision of the morrow.

My heart is empty, numb, and dull,
My brain a desolate prison cell.
No temptation, incentive, motivation,
Could ever get my heart to feel emotion.

The ceaseless creaking of my bed,
The endless wonderings of my head,
As I toss and turn at night,
Debating whether I should want the light.

#tears #crying #words #heart #broken #sleeplessnights #bed #flood

933 · Sep 2020

giraffes

Lily Sep 2020

giraffes

Silent and so calm
Heads peeking through leaves and trees
Bright eyes stare, yearning

inspired by a trip to the zoo

#haiku #giraffe #zoo #africa #safari #silent #calm #animal #nature #godscreation

930 · Aug 2019

Only Today (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 3)

Lily Aug 2019

Only Today (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 3)

These dark days
Are beautiful as
The bare, withered tree.
The birds are gone,
But the gray is silver.
I have not yesterday,
But I learned the love
Of the beauties of today.

Inspired by Robert Frost's "My November Guest"

#love #nature #frostythoughts #beautiful #dark #night #forest #beauty #today

917 · Apr 2020

barefoot

Lily Apr 2020

barefoot

let’s live our lives
barefoot

let’s live our lives like
small children,
children so precious that their simple presence
evokes tears in the eyes of the most
stoic father,
so precious that the image of them
snoring softly in their Thomas the Tank Engine bed
causes the stressed mother to smile a mile,
so precious that when one of them
pushes back the blonde, wispy hair of the other
the photographer can’t help but laughing as she
captures the moment

let’s live our lives like
children who are not afraid of nails and rocks
in the backyard, but who are
obsessed with finding that elusive
white grasshopper that their uncle
promised was there,
like children who endure countless foot baths every day
in the heat of summer but the pads still blister
and their feet still turn brown
but they don’t care,
like children who have just smelled a flower
for the first time, who have experienced the
sharp pain of a first bee sting,
like children who are in awe as a deer
peeks quizzically at them from above the bush,
tail twitching, eyes twinkling

let’s live our lives like
children who make up odd games that
they remember years later, a complicated one that involves
Patty Cake, jump rope, tag, and somehow
hop scotch and charades as well,
like children who wander away from their house
for many hours, exploring like Columbus,
drawing detailed maps of their small neighborhood,
beautiful crayon stick figures dotting the horizon,
like children who capture and dote on an assortment of
toads, grasshoppers, frogs, moths, and butterflies,
like a child who thinks the worst sin is to
**** an animal that the Lord has made

let’s live our lives like children, with a
loving and unwavering faith in the Savior,
with eyes unaltered by the
whips and thorns of life,
with minds unchanged by the
Judas Iscariot’s of this Earth

let’s live our lives like
small children

let’s live our lives
barefoot

#love #child #children #parents #barefoot #feet #live #god #savior #happiness

910 · Sep 2020

free box

Lily Sep 2020

free box

The free box lies in the
Corner of the garage,
Where the crickets and the
Spiders and the raccoons live,
And the doll is slouched in the corner,
With more dirt on her than the garage floor.
Her hair is without color,
Her eyes without life,
As she stares up at the innocent
Garage salers who rarely give her a
Second glance.
She’s in the free box;
Why would anyone bother?
She’s been abused and neglected,
Despised and rejected,
And she’s finally done with it all.
She’s in the free box;
Why would anyone bother?

this was written at a time when I wasn't in such a good place; I am doing much better now and I'm hoping to write more :)

#free #garagesale #yardsale #doll #garage #depression #anxiety #despair #box #freebox

908 · Jun 2018

Birthday List

Lily Jun 2018

Birthday List

When kids write their birthday lists,
They want the newest Iphone,
A certain brand of jeans,
Or the best Jordans.
Is this what growing up is,
The moment you realize those
Things don’t matter?
Because if I made a true
Birthday list now, I would want
World peace
An end to world hunger
A way to make college more affordable
Better patience with those I love
A way to deal with my insomnia
A man to hold and cherish for life
And for the world to have more compassion
And destroy all traces of hatred.
I wish I could stop all my worrying;
I wish I could write birthday lists like I used to.

#birthday #list #growingup #change #grow #compassion #worry #anxiety #hatred #love

907 · Jul 2018

Why didn't you tell me?

Lily Jul 2018

Why didn't you tell me?

“Why didn't you tell me you were hurting?”
She asked, with tears in her eyes.
“I didn't want to burden you,”
He answered quietly,
His eyes boring a hole in the ground.
What he really wanted to say was,
“I wanted to see how long it took you to notice.”

#hurt #tears #love #burden #depression #selfharm #suicide #suicidal #relationship #why

901 · Sep 2019

please text me when you get home

Lily Sep 2019

please text me when you get home

10:32 pm
You’re still at my house
Lying on my couch like you own the place;
I wouldn’t rather have you in any other place.
I mean,
We’re not just talking about the weather,
We’re talking ‘bout forever and together,
Your together with someone else,

But it’s okay, cause you’re here right now,
With me,
And I will have this memory to look back on
Later

Please text me when you get home,
Please tell me that you’re okay,
Please let me know
That wherever you go
We will always be the same, cause
You are my song,
You are my heart,
You are my everything,
And even though I will never be yours,
Please text me when you get home.

11:02 pm
You’re still at my house,
In my gravel driveway, fumbling for your keys
I tell you “drive safeLY”, and you laugh at me
Being the grammar police.
You open up your car door and my heart drops,
Panic sets in cause you’re leaving and
I don’t know when I’ll see you again.
You notice my fear and lean in and kiss me on
My freckled cheek and smile through the words,
“I love you”
And my heart beats a mile a minute,
And I don’t know how much longer I’ll last
Before I faint

But it’s okay, cause you’re here right now
With me,
And I will have this memory to look back on
Later

Please text me when you get home,
Please tell me that you’re okay,
Please let me know
That wherever you go
We will always be the same, cause
You are my song,
You are my heart,
You are my everything,
And even though I will never be yours,
Please text me when you get home.

3 am
You’re not at my house,
You’re at yours, you’re on your own couch,
And my eyes are heavy,
But my heart is full,
And my phone lights up with a text from you,
An angel emoji and an “I made it”
Are enough to make me giggle with happiness, cause
You’re home and you’re safe and even though you’re
Not with me

It’s okay, cause you’re here in my heart
With me
And I will have all these memories to look back on
Later

Please text me when you get home,
Please tell me that you’re okay,
Please let me know
That wherever you go
We will always be the same, cause
You are my song,
You are my heart,
You are my everything,
And even though I will never be yours,
Please text me when you get home.

I’m okay, cause
I have all these memories to look back on
Later

Hey! So this is a song that I am in the process of writing; all of these words are pretty much set in stone, but I'm working on music to go with it. Any and all thoughts are welcome! <3

#love #crush #relationship #him #boyfriend #you #home #iloveyou #song #music

893 · Aug 2019

3 am (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 4)

Lily Aug 2019

3 am (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 4)

Sadder than any words
My thought
Comes softly down
Ending again at you.

Inspired by Robert Frost’s "A Late Walk"

#love #crush #relationship #insomnia #sad #night #dark #thoughts #him #frostythoughts

892 · Jan 2019

Raw

Lily Jan 2019

Raw

The best writing is that which
Is raw, the kind of raw that oozes out of cupcakes,
And the kind of raw that is bright bubble gum pink on meat.
The kind of writing that the poet doesn’t
Think all the way through with their mind,
But has been thinking about for months
In their heart and just couldn’t find the
Words to say it.
Because poems that are raw aren’t just ugly;
They’re beautiful.

#raw #writing #write #poet #heart #poetess #love #beauty #beautiful #ugly

887 · Mar 2019

Floor me with flawed beauty

Lily Mar 2019

Floor me with flawed beauty

“Floor me with flawed beauty,” the
Poetry professor said. “Give me a
Reason to read your poem, a deep
Craving to know the workings of
Your mind.
“Let me know the things you
Hate, the things you
Love, the things you couldn’t care
Less about.
Make me care.
“I see beauty in you, not
Perfect or pristine, but
Flawed,
Ugly, not-fit-for-the-
Human-eye-beauty.
“I’ve been teaching for 20 years; write me
Something I don’t already know.
“Floor me with
Your
Flawed beauty.”

I wrote this while I was listening to my professor talking; the skill I tried to use in this piece is called "enjambment", which is when you purposefully put in a line break so that the first word on the next line is the most important and carries the most meaning. Let me know how it works, or if you notice a difference in the impact of the words :)

#love #crush #relationship #beauty #poem #poetry #poet #teacher #beautiful #hate

865 · Sep 2019

Just Breathe (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 6)

Lily Sep 2019

Just Breathe (Frosty Thoughts Vol. 6)

Lovers, forget your quarrels and
Listen to the flower,
The breeze,
The finch’s tune,
And find the love in them.
Breathe
And win the fight within
Yourself
And then, lovers, your
Fight will be
A hundred miles away.

Inspired by Robert Frost's "Wind and Willow Flower"

#love #relationship #friend #friendship #nature #breathe #plants #relax #fight #frostythoughts